Any question answered...

Should I buy the next size up when buying road shoes??

Thanks

Yes, always.

Your feet expand after about 10 minutes of exercise. This happens to allow them to sweat, but it means that if they're snug when your feet are cold, then they will be excessively tight when you've started exercising... enough so that they may hurt.

Always buy a size up with cycling shoes, regardless of the purpose (MTB, Road, etc).

Do your feet actually lengthen? Not by any meaningful amount, and you should always have a little toe clearance whatever shoes they are, not just for cycling. They do get wider though, so make sure you have enough width/volume. If you're completely filling the volume of a shoe in the shop, you probably need to ask for a wider fitting.

What's this little thing behind the seat tube, what does it do?

gear cable router of some sort? fix point for a mudguard? got any better pix?

Looks like a front der. cable guide to me.

It's to allow the use of a bottom pull front mech with top tube cable routing, seen on old MTBs and cyclocross bikes that may be using a road group set and hence traditional / bottom pull.

Ah, it's a cross bike with top tube cable routing. As tommy said.

It allows the use of a bottom pull front mech with TT cable routing

I see, thanks!

Alloy Track ends.

Where can I find them.

At the end of alloy track frames.

Yes, always.

Your feet expand after about 10 minutes of exercise.

Mine don't; if anything they get smaller. I sometimes tighten my shoes after a while but I have never had to loosen them.

At the end of alloy track frames.

Can I buy them not attached to a frame?

I think you might struggle, since so few people are doing small volume builds in alloy. Are you looking to convert an existing road frame?

MTB, I have 2, one steel one alloy, the alloy is the better frame.

It would be just your luck to find some but in an incompatible alloy - ideally the frame fittings should be in the same alloy as the tubes, e.g. 6061,7005, although there are other 7000 series alloys which can be welded to 7005 tubes and so forth. If you don't insist on steel facings, it's a reasonably trivial task to make your own track ends out of 1/4" plate, just needs a hacksaw, some files and a lot of patience.

Cheers.

May just use the steel frame.

Makes life easier.

Where can i get a 14mm slotted axle, to fit in 10mm dropouts?

campy athena brake lever / hoods ?
how does one tighten the brake levers onto the handle bars
shimano you go in from the front and tighten the bolt but I can't see where these levers tighten to the bars ?
is it under the hoods ?

All your Campagnolo questions answered at www.campagnolo.com which has PDFs of all their catalogues, instructions and exploded views for current and several previous generations.

Not all. I spendt ages last month looking for the answer to "Why does Campagnolo have to be so bloody difficult?"

7mm allen keys? For the love of god WHY?

how do you do a screen shot? in microsoft access

^thanks a lot!

campy athena brake lever / hoods ?
how does one tighten the brake levers onto the handle bars
shimano you go in from the front and tighten the bolt but I can't see where these levers tighten to the bars ?
is it under the hoods ?

You need a long allen key, the bolt is under the hood, so force the rubber back off the top of the lever (it should pop off) Then force the long end of the allen key under the rubber until it finds the bolt hole. (Getting the bolt to bite the nut on the bars is another thing! Infact better to assemble off the bars and slide on loose. Tight as a nats chuff mind. So make sure you have just enough thread in the bolt not to strip it.) THE WORST PIECE OF DESIGN EVER.

Hello all, I am a newbie to Road bikes and recently bought a GT Series 3 bike - http://www.gtbicycles.com/usa/eng/Bikes/Road/Details/5927-G10GTR3-GTR-Series-3

My question is would I benefit from replacing the front derailleur and brakes. They have used Tiagra throughout but the brakes are Tektro R530 and the front derailleur is Sora. I sometimes find the front derailleur sticks.

Thanks